Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

manticores

French translation:

manticores

Added to glossary by DocteurPC
Jan 2, 2005 00:21
19 yrs ago
English term

manticores

English to French Art/Literary Poetry & Literature taking place in England in 1807 (or thereabouts)
They ask me to shew them fairy-spirits, he complained, and unicorns and manticores and things of that sort.

fairy-spirits = fées (je suppose - ou quelque chose d'approchant) unicorn=unicornes mais manticores?
Proposed translations (French)
3 +2 manticores

Discussion

jacrav Jan 3, 2005:
J�ai trouv� plus de r�f�rences au masculin qu�au f�minin � et je trouve la version poilue moins r�pugnante que la version chauve � ;)
bigedsenior Jan 2, 2005:
from hyperdictionary: [n] a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion . Sounds charming. HTH

Proposed translations

+2
45 mins
Selected

manticores

tout simplement … ;)
Peer comment(s):

agree Platary (X) : Une picture avec zic de fond ... http://pageperso.aol.fr/petitelapines/page1htmldolzsgroupe.h...
8 hrs
Merci ;)
agree Jean-Luc Dumont : féminin, je dirais :-)
23 hrs
Merci ;)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "ça donnerait froid dans le dos! sur ce lien ils disent parfois le manticore et d'autres la manticore - féminin ou masculin c'est plutôt dégueu (comme dit mon neveu)"
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